What is the Outdoor Lifestyle?
The outdoor lifestyle is many things to many people. To the winter sports enthusiast, it is reading the weather reports, listening to the TV and radio for new info on snow pack, and snow storms on favorite slopes. To the sportsman, its finding out through various sources of when the best time, and where the best places are to go fishing or hunting. To the hiker or the mountain climber, its were the best trails or most challenging mountain peaks are. To the water or motor sports enthusiast, its where to go to find the most challenging white water or sand dunes. To the Rver or camper , it is where the best camping spots are.
However, we all have a few things in common . We all love to get prepared ,pack it all up, get out there and experience the excitement and exhilaration of our passion.
Sometimes, with old and new friends enjoying experiences together, or maybe the peace and solitude of just you and the beauty of nature around you with not a soul for miles.
We all share a common bond, the one that gets our blood flowing with the excitement and anticipation of upcoming adventures, or the enjoyment of sitting around talking about the thrill, enjoyment or mishaps of past conquests.
The people that truly love the outdoors can never seem to get enough, and are always looking forward to the next challenge or adventure. It's a never ending journey that requires no destination.
Its the experience that fills all the sense. The smell, the touch, the sound ,the sight, the taste, the feel of the outdoors, and when we are out there, in the middle of it all, it is then that we are truly alive.
How is it that one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire? ~Author Unknown
It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming.” John Steinbeck “Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” James Madison
"Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.” Karl Marx |